1. Pg.1 Affluent - abundance of wealth, property, knowledge.
2. Pg.2 Peregrinations - travel from one place to another on foot.
3. Pg.2 Asceticism -a practice where a person can get a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, and self-mortification.
4. Pg.9 Flinty - Composed of / contained in.
5. Pg.9 Hulking - heavy and clumsy / bulky.
6. Pg.9 Ramparts - a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and is usually capped with a stone or object.
7. Pg.10 Antimony - a brittle, lustrous, white metallic element occurring in nature.
8. Pg.10 Derelict - left or deserted / person abandoned by society / a person without a permanent home or means of support.
9. Pg.10 Incongruously - out of keeping or place / inappropriate.
10. Pg.11 Contumacious - stubbornly perverse or rebellious.
11. Pg.16 Itinerant - traveling from place to place
12. Pg.18 Estranged - displaying or displaying a feeling or alienation.
13. Pg.18 Surrogate - a person appointed to act for another
14. Pg.18 Convivial - friendly / agreeable
15. Pg.18 Plebian - belonging or pertaining to the common people
16. Pg.33 Saguaros – a tall horizontally branched cactus in Arizona; known for its useful wood and edible fruits
17. Pg.33 Alkali Flats – a level area made up of a dry lake bed and contains concentrated amounts of alkali materials
18. Pg.34 Jubilant – showing great joy, satisfaction or triumph
19. Pg.36 Hummock – an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of marshy region
20. Pg.39 Oxymoronic – self-contradictory effect / cruel kindness / make haste slowly
2. Pg.2 Peregrinations - travel from one place to another on foot.
3. Pg.2 Asceticism -a practice where a person can get a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, and self-mortification.
4. Pg.9 Flinty - Composed of / contained in.
5. Pg.9 Hulking - heavy and clumsy / bulky.
6. Pg.9 Ramparts - a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and is usually capped with a stone or object.
7. Pg.10 Antimony - a brittle, lustrous, white metallic element occurring in nature.
8. Pg.10 Derelict - left or deserted / person abandoned by society / a person without a permanent home or means of support.
9. Pg.10 Incongruously - out of keeping or place / inappropriate.
10. Pg.11 Contumacious - stubbornly perverse or rebellious.
11. Pg.16 Itinerant - traveling from place to place
12. Pg.18 Estranged - displaying or displaying a feeling or alienation.
13. Pg.18 Surrogate - a person appointed to act for another
14. Pg.18 Convivial - friendly / agreeable
15. Pg.18 Plebian - belonging or pertaining to the common people
16. Pg.33 Saguaros – a tall horizontally branched cactus in Arizona; known for its useful wood and edible fruits
17. Pg.33 Alkali Flats – a level area made up of a dry lake bed and contains concentrated amounts of alkali materials
18. Pg.34 Jubilant – showing great joy, satisfaction or triumph
19. Pg.36 Hummock – an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of marshy region
20. Pg.39 Oxymoronic – self-contradictory effect / cruel kindness / make haste slowly
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